Let him do his thing, and then you get him out. No messing with him for laughs.

Mal ,'Ariel'


The Crying of Natter 49  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


sarameg - Jan 23, 2007 4:54:45 pm PST #5390 of 10001

Heh. So you totally get it!

I think a lot of his fear is that he and D totally get each other and he sees himself in D and there's this fear that if it is a girl, that's going to be harder. Because girl=different! Which is total BS because growing up, me & dad were such the evil team of interests and plotting. J and dad have always had a harder time relating and they are so alike but neither can see it. At the same time, I'm probably more like my mom in some ways,yet ours was an easy relationship. It's all about personality and the thing is? Each kid has its own unique relationship with the parent.


sarameg - Jan 23, 2007 5:01:43 pm PST #5391 of 10001

Remind me to never, ever , ever buy a car from Donahoo Motors. Their ads are so fricking awful.


Allyson - Jan 23, 2007 5:02:35 pm PST #5392 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

When I leave work angry every night because the administrivia seems to be swallowing the science, it's really time to look for another job.


sarameg - Jan 23, 2007 5:07:03 pm PST #5393 of 10001

Aw, sweetie. I'm sorry. I'm glad you have their backs, but I'm sorry it's such a battle. See it everyday, think it is so stupid.


Pix - Jan 23, 2007 5:16:18 pm PST #5394 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.

Allyson, so sorry about the evil job. ita, so sorry about the evil migraine. Kalshane, YAY new job.

I'm caught up in Natter! That made me smile. Also the fact that it's National Pie Day, which clearly means I should go to the Cocos down the street and have pie.


Jessica - Jan 23, 2007 5:17:47 pm PST #5395 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Then, on friday, it's the hopefully-gender-find-out ultrasound.

Squee! My baby spoilers are on Thursday.

I don't really have a gender preference, but growing up in a family where the 3 oldest are all girls, having my first be a boy would just be weird. Baby boys are what you have when you already have enough girls!


Jessica - Jan 23, 2007 5:21:58 pm PST #5396 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Unrelatedly, why is Gilmore Girls sucking? The only storyline I like right now is Lane and Zach, and her GIANT FAKE PREGNANCY BELLY is really interfering with my ability to pay attention to it.

I had no pie, but I did have a brownie with ice cream on top. I shall declare it a successful Pie Day celebration.


sarameg - Jan 23, 2007 5:24:01 pm PST #5397 of 10001

Squee! My baby spoilers are on Thursday.

Awesome! We'll have a spoilerfest! I'm so excited for you and E. Lotsa babies for neat people is always fun. And I think this year is definitely providing that.

having my first be a boy would just be weird.

You probably already know this, but they can pee up! Heh.

Laughed myself hysterical that the first time brother changed the neph's diaper (it was something like the third, with nurses responsible for the first two) he got peed on. Even better was the fact I witnessed it! You'd think, but no.


Hil R. - Jan 23, 2007 5:24:09 pm PST #5398 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I totally agree, Jess. Her pregnancy belly is way too perfectly round -- it's like they just stuck an exercise ball under her shirt or something .


Jessica - Jan 23, 2007 5:25:24 pm PST #5399 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

You probably already know this, but they can pee up!

Oh yes -- hence the invention of the pee pee teepee.